SpaceX Flight Led by First Black Female Commander Sets US Speed Record
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SpaceX launched commander Jessica Watkins and crew (Americans Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canadian Joshua Kutryk, Russian Sergey Teteryatnikov) to the International Space Station in 7 hours 55 minutes, setting a US spacecraft speed record for the journey; Watkins is the first Black woman to command a crew to orbit.
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